Welcome to Simcenter 3D April 2020 Dear Customer: We are proud to introduce the latest release Simcenter 3D 2020.1 v1915 of our product development solution. With this release, we continue to provide innovative ways to deliver solutions that meet the next generation of your product design, development, and simulation challenges. The new version of Simcenter 3D is robust and powerful, and it delivers advanced technologies for product design, development, and simulation in a single, multidisciplinary platform. It preserves best-in-class customer deployment readiness and builds on the productivity and stability achievements of the previous release. Sincerely, Simcenter 3D Release Team Simcenter 3D 2020.1 Series update
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Welcome to Simcenter 3D
April 2020
Dear Customer:
We are proud to introduce the latest release Simcenter 3D 2020.1 v1915 of our product
development solution. With this release, we continue to provide innovative ways to deliver
solutions that meet the next generation of your product design, development, and simulation
challenges. The new version of Simcenter 3D is robust and powerful, and it delivers advanced
technologies for product design, development, and simulation in a single, multidisciplinary
platform. It preserves best-in-class customer deployment readiness and builds on the productivity
and stability achievements of the previous release.
Please see the table below for a summary of the PR updates included in this release.
Application Count of PR Number
SIMCENTER 15
KDA 10
SYSENG 9
CAM 5
NXMANAGER 3
PMI 3
SHIP_DESIGN 3
TRANSLATOR 2
ASSEMBLIES 2
DESIGN 2
ARCHITECTURE 2
ROUTING_GENERAL 1
AUTOMATN_DESIGN 1
MECHATRONICS 1
Total 59
For a cumulative list of PR fixes, see Fixed_Problem_Reports.csv included with the release documents.
2020.1-1915 ENHANCEMENTS (ER)
No Enhancements specific to Simcenter 3D is included in this Maintenance Software Fix Releases.
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SIMCENTER 3D 2020.1-1911
2020.1-1911 FIXED PROBLEM REPORTS (PR)
Please see the table below for a summary of the PR updates included in this release.
Application Count of PR Number
SIMCENTER 20
KDA 5
ASSEMBLIES 4
AUTOMATN_DESIGN 2
SYSENG 2
NASTRAN 2
CAM 1
GATEWAY 1
ROUTING_GENERAL 1
DESIGN 1
NXMANAGER 1
PMI 1
Total 41
For a cumulative list of PR fixes, see Fixed_Problem_Reports.csv included with the release documents.
2020.1-1911 ENHANCEMENTS (ER)
Please see below for a list of enhancements included in this release.
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SIMCENTER 3D 2020.1-1907
2020.1-1907 UPDATES
Simcenter 3D 2020.1-1907 Caveats
Bolt Connection Element Error
An error will be raised upon attempting to create a Bolt Connection Element from the Connection Element
Manager dialog under these conditions.
1. A new FEM/AFM file is created and saved in Simcenter 3D 2020.1 version 1907 and it is opened
in Simcenter 3D 2020 version 1899
2. A Bolt Connection element is created in Simcenter 3D 2020.1 version 1907 FEM/AFM file, when
opening the file in Simcenter 3D 2020.1 version 1899, editing the Bolt Connection Element can
trigger the error and obstruct the edit operation
The influence of the errors raised in the above-mentioned cases on further operations in the Simcenter
3D is not known, so for safety reasons it is recommended to close the session and reopen Simcenter 3D
after the error is triggered.
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2020.1-1907 FIXED PROBLEM REPORTS (PR)
Please see the table below for a summary of the PR updates included in this release.
Application Count of PR Number
SIMCENTER 22
DRAFTING 5
KDA 5
CAM 4
ROUTING_GENERAL 2
SYSENG 2
NASTRAN 2
NX_SHEET_METAL 2
VOLUME 1
TRANSLATOR 1
SHIP_DESIGN 1
PCB_EXCHANGE 1
Total 48
For a cumulative list of PR fixes, see Fixed_Problem_Reports.csv included with the release documents.
2020.1-1907 ENHANCEMENTS (ER)
No enhancements were included in this release.
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SIMCENTER 3D 2020.1-1904
2020.1-1904 FIXED PROBLEM REPORTS (PR)
Please see the table below for a summary of the PR updates included in this release.
Release PR Number Description Application Function Sub_Function
1904 8441216 Internal error when using
delete template
AUTOMATN_
DESIGN
PAGE BASIC_CAAPABILIT
For a cumulative list of PR fixes, see Fixed_Problem_Reports.csv included with the release documents.
2020.1-1904 ENHANCEMENTS (ER)
There are no enhancements included in this release.
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SIMCENTER 3D 2020.1-1903
2020.1-1903 FIXED PROBLEM REPORTS (PR)
Please see the table below for a summary of the PR updates included in this release.
Application Count of PR Number
SIMCENTER 21
CAM 15
KDA 13
SYSENG 10
NX_SHEET_METAL 5
ASSEMBLIES 3
CMM_INSPECTION 3
ROUTING_GENERAL 3
SHIP_DESIGN 3
TC_FEATURES 3
DESIGN 2
NXMANAGER 2
CORRUPTED_PARTS 1
DRAFTING 1
FLEXIBLE_PIPE 1
MECHATRONICS 1
NASTRAN 1
TRANSLATOR 1
Total 89
For a cumulative list of PR fixes, see Fixed_Problem_Reports.csv included with the release documents.
2020.1-1903 ENHANCEMENTS (ER)
Please see below for a list of enhancements included in this release.
• ER8562281 - Enhancement Request for Simcenter 3D Motion TWR
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CAE: Pre/Post for Ansys
Introduction
Importing All KEYOPTs as User Defined KEYOPTs
Many ANSYS element types have key options (KEYOPTs) that you can specify. Each KEYOPT is identified by its number and may have different values. For example, in ANSYS version 19.1, SHELL181 has 7 KEYOPTs: KEYOPT (1), (3), (5), (8), (9), (10) and (11). The value of KEYOPT (3) could be 0 or 2. The KEYOPT numbers and its values are defined in the XML. They can be changed, removed or added in ANSYS from release to release. When a specific KEYOPT is supported by Pre/Post, but one of its values is unsupported, this value is lost on import, and Pre/Post uses the default value instead. You can now select a new Customer Default, “Import all KEYOPTS as user defined KEYOPTS”, to ensure that unsupported KEYOPT values are imported.
Accessibility You can select this new option from the Customer Defaults dialog box as follows: Customer Defaults → Simulation → Pre/Post → ANSYS → Import →General Options (see the image). Image: Toggle of “Import all KEYOPTS as user defined KEYOPTS” in Customer Defaults
Import behavior
How Pre/Post imports KEYOPTs in an ANSYS input file depends on whether the new customer default is
selected:
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• When the new default is turned off, Pre/Post imports KEYOPTs into Pre/Post as in previous releases.
• When the new default is selected, Pre/Post imports all KEYOPTs as User Defined KEYOPTs.
The following images illustrate these two behaviors:
Image: KEYOPTs numbers and values example for SOLID186 with an unsupported value in the input file
Image: SOLID186 ET modeling object with the loss of unsupported value when the customer default is
turned off
Image: SOLID186 ET modeling object when the customer default is selected
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Note: This support applies to all element types accept the Legacy Elements that are not supported as user
defined KEYOPTS. The Legacy Elements are BEAM4, BEAM44, LINK8, LINK10, CONTAC12, CONTAC52,